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Institutionalizing Gender in Emergencies: Case study of Ethiopia

16/03/2017

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study describes implementation of the project Institutionalizing Gender in Emergencies: Bridging Policy and Practice. The project, supported by ECHO Enhanced Response Capacity and Oxfam, has been implemented by Oxfam in Ethiopia between September 2015 and March 2017.

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Research report

Consolidated Gender Analysis for Disaster Response in Pakistan

15/03/2017

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

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Pakistan is highly vulnerable to disasters, but disasters have very different impacts on women, girls, men and boys. Moreover, organizations involved in relief efforts are currently not paying sufficient attention to the needs of women and girls. This analysis by Oxfam identifies the main areas where a gender gap is apparent, and puts forward recommendations […]

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Case study

Institutionalizing Gender in Emergencies: Case study of Dominican Republic

09/03/2017

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study describes implementation of the project Institutionalizing Gender in Emergencies: Bridging Policy and Practice. The project, supported by ECHO Enhanced Response Capacity and Oxfam, has been implemented by Oxfam in Dominican Republic between September 2015 and March 2017.

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Research report

South Sudan Gender Analysis: A snapshot situation analysis of the differential impact of the humanitarian crisis on women, girls, men and boys in South Sudan

06/03/2017

1 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English

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The continuing conflict in South Sudan, which began in December 2013, is having a devastating impact on the lives and livelihoods of millions of South Sudanese women, men, boys and girls, with the result that South Sudan is now one of the most food-insecure countries in the world. Women and men of all ages are […]

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Briefing paper

An Economy that Works for Women: Achieving women’s economic empowerment in an increasingly unequal world

02/03/2017

6 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Women’s economic empowerment could reduce poverty for everyone. In order to achieve it, we need to first fix the current broken economic model which is undermining gender equality and causing extreme economic inequality. The neoliberal model has made it harder for women to have better quality and better paid jobs, address inequality in unpaid care […]

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Journal article

Shifting negative social norms rooted in unequal gender and power relationships to prevent violence against women and girls

20/07/2016

13 pages long

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Shifting negative social norms rooted in unequal gender and power relationships to prevent violence against women and girls

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This article explores an ongoing knowledge initiative, co-ordinated by Oxfam’s new Knowledge Hub on violence against women and girls/gender-based violence (VAWG/GBV), which aims to help deepen Oxfam’s effectiveness in work to change attitudes, social norms, and modes of behaviour which cause and perpetuate VAWG. Here, we share some of what we have learned so far, […]

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Journal article

High-risk feminism in El Salvador: women’s mobilisation in violent times

20/07/2016

14 pages long

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High-risk feminism in El Salvador: women’s mobilisation in violent times

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Violence against women in El Salvador – a country made fragile by a vicious Civil War and the subsequent burgeoning of murderous youth gangs – has been described as lying on the knife’s edge between public and private (Hume 2009). Women’s experiences of violence are often invalidated by wider society for violating a normalised culture […]

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Briefing paper

A Case for Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Myanmar

24/03/2016

2 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

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A country’s budget can be a powerful lever for social transformation. A budget is the tool a government has to help it translate national resources into allocations which meet the needs and aspirations of its population, and set the country on a path to sustainable and equitable development. If a budget does not account for […]

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Research report

A Dangerous Divide: The state of inequality in Malawi

26/11/2015

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Malawi has experienced rapid economic growth in recent years, but the gains of this growth have not been spread evenly and the gap between rich and poor has widened at an alarming pace. Today, half of all Malawians live in poverty. This report examines the sharp rise in inequality in Malawi between 2004/5 and 2010/11, […]

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Journal article

Gender inequality and inter-household economic inequality in emerging economies: exploring the relationship

03/08/2015

18 pages long

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Gender inequality and inter-household economic inequality in emerging economies: exploring the relationship

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While most emerging economies have been characterised by persistence/growth of interhousehold economic inequality in recent decades, and simultaneous poor performance on gender equality, the intersecting relationship between these two trends so far has not received much attention. This article is an initial attempt look at this relationship, showing how gender inequality has both contributed to, and been affected by, […]

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